5th Session, 42nd Parliament

(2024) FIRST READING

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The printed version remains the official version.

HONOURABLE ROB FLEMING

MINISTER OF TRANSPORTATION

AND INFRASTRUCTURE

BILL 10 – 2024

COMMERCIAL TRANSPORT AMENDMENT ACT, 2024

HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

CLAUSE 1: [Commercial Transport Act,

section 6] makes a housekeeping amendment.

Section 6 (4) (c) (iii) of the Commercial Transport Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 58, is amended by striking out " sections 212.1,

section 218.1 " and substituting "

section 212.1 or 218.1 ".

CLAUSE 2: [Commercial Transport Act,

section 12] increases the maximum monetary penalty on operators from $500 to $100 000 and adds a penalty of imprisonment for not more than 18 months.

Section 12 is amended

(

a) in subsection (2) (

a) by striking out " not more than $500, " and substituting " not more than $100 000 or to imprisonment for not more than 18 months, or to both, ",

(

b) in subsection (2) (

b) by striking out " not more than $500 and, " and substituting " not more than $100 000, or to imprisonment for not more than 18 months, or to both, and, ", and

(

c) in subsection (4) by striking out " not more than $500 " and substituting " not more than $100 000 or to imprisonment for not more than 18 months, or to both ".

Commencement

3 This Act comes into force on the date of Royal Assent.

Explanatory Notes

CLAUSE 1: [Commercial Transport Act,

section 6] makes a housekeeping amendment.

CLAUSE 2: [Commercial Transport Act,

section 12] increases the maximum monetary penalty on operators from $500 to $100 000 and adds a penalty of imprisonment for not more than 18 months.

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